- 6/3/2025
#casanova #romeoandjuliet #thepiano
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran.
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran.
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01:29up first thing this morning.
01:31Well, don't tell me he's still got this being
01:33just on it about Lady Edgeware that somebody
01:36deliberately set out the frame of her husband's
01:38murder. Well, it is still a possibility.
01:40I don't know how, but it seems to me she's
01:42got him round her little finger.
01:43Maybe that's the sort of woman she is. Oh, I wouldn't
01:46say that. I've never thought of
01:48women as the manipulative sex.
01:50Certainly not been my experience.
01:51Anyway, Chief Inspector, aren't you forgetting
01:53something? Lady Edgeware
01:55was at dinner when the murder was being committed.
01:58No, I haven't forgotten that, Miss Lemon.
02:00It looks like she's off the hook.
02:03However,
02:05you can drive
02:06from Hoban to Regent's Gate
02:08in five minutes. I've just done it
02:10myself. So if she had a car
02:12waiting outside... But Donald
02:14Ross said she wasn't away from the table
02:16for more than a few minutes in total. Well,
02:18maybe he lost track of the time. Do you have
02:20no other suspects, Chief Inspector?
02:22Oh, I've got plenty of suspects,
02:24Miss Lemon.
02:25Ronald Marsh, for example,
02:27Lord Edgeware's nephew.
02:29Theatrical producer, heavily in debt.
02:32He needed the money not to mention
02:33the title. Well, there you are, then.
02:36Money is the oldest motive in the book.
02:38Hmm. Then there's Geraldine Marsh,
02:40the daughter, whose mother died
02:42after Lord Edgeware abandoned her.
02:44She told us to our face how much
02:45she disliked her father.
02:47So it could have been either of them.
02:49Yes.
02:50But who was the real target?
02:53That's what beats me.
02:55Lord Edgeware?
02:56Or Lady Edgeware?
03:02I'm going to take your hat, sir.
03:05Thank you, Alice.
03:07Jane, darling.
03:12Mr Poirot,
03:13it's a pleasure to meet you.
03:15I'm sure you do.
03:16Jane has spoken a lot about you.
03:18Would you like a drink, darling?
03:19Tea or coffee?
03:19No, I can't stay long.
03:22This business,
03:23the death of Lord Edgeware,
03:24really is the most terrible thing.
03:26That Jane should be involved.
03:29You know I'm relying on you.
03:31We're both relying on you to sort it out.
03:33And if there's anything I can do to help.
03:37You could perhaps tell it to me
03:39how it was at the tour you met?
03:41It was at the theatre.
03:43Macbeth.
03:45A wonderful performance.
03:47Quite wonderful.
03:49Lord Edgeware was there that night.
03:50Jane and I saw how he behaved.
03:54He was a brute of a man.
03:57Despicable.
03:58I can't help but think
03:59that he deserved what he got.
04:02Although that's a terrible thing to say.
04:05I won't lie to you, Mr Poirot.
04:07I'm glad at the way things worked out.
04:09And as soon as there's been
04:11a decent interval,
04:12Jane and I plan to be married.
04:15If she'll have me.
04:17Of course I will.
04:18I wish to you both
04:20much happiness.
04:23I hope we'll see you
04:24at the cathedral, Mr Poirot.
04:27I know how you've taken Jane's side
04:29and I want you to know
04:30how much I appreciate it.
04:32It was you.
04:33Enough.
04:39Alton.
04:41What are you doing?
04:43What does it look like?
04:45Come on, Joyce.
04:47Why don't you come down
04:48off your high horse for once?
04:49The master's dead.
04:51And you and me
04:52will soon be for the hook.
04:54Everything will continue as before.
04:57Mr Ronald will move in.
04:59He's the new Lord Edgware now.
05:01And will you fancy him
05:02as much as you did the old one?
05:04I will not listen to this.
05:05Have they arrested her yet,
05:07Lady Edgware?
05:10Apparently the police
05:11don't believe it was her.
05:13What?
05:13They think there might have been
05:16quite a different motive
05:16for the murder.
05:18Oh, hell.
05:25Walton?
05:27Walton?
05:35Has he said anything?
05:36No, Captain Hastings.
05:39I think you'd better go
05:41and talk to him.
05:43I've never seen him like this.
05:45Poirot?
05:53Poirot?
06:02Are you all right?
06:04When?
06:05Summer.
06:06Summer.
06:08She really has rather got to you,
06:10hasn't she?
06:11You reach a certain age,
06:12you think romance
06:13has passed you by,
06:14and when it does
06:16finally hit you,
06:17it really bowls you over.
06:19What is it of which you speak?
06:21Or Jane Wilkinson?
06:26Hastings.
06:26I think of the murder
06:29of Lord Edgware
06:30and the questions
06:31to which I remain
06:31no answers.
06:32I think of the letter
06:33written by Carlotta Adams
06:34to her sister
06:35and the pants nether
06:36were discovered
06:36in her handbag,
06:37but absolutely not
06:38do I think of Jane Wilkinson.
06:42Very well.
06:43If you say so.
06:44Mr. Poirot!
06:47That was
06:47Chief Inspector Japp.
06:49There's been a development.
06:53Mr. Trubshaw,
06:54the solicitor,
06:54unlocked it this morning.
06:56No one else
06:56had the combination.
06:58I felt I should
06:58call you straight away.
07:00And the French francs,
07:01they are nowhere
07:01to be found.
07:03How many francs
07:03are we talking about,
07:04Miss Carroll?
07:05Well, a considerable amount.
07:07Lord Edgware
07:07was about to leave
07:08for Paris.
07:09He told the butler
07:10Alton to call the bank.
07:11And where is Alton?
07:13Well, that's why
07:14I called you,
07:14Chief Inspector.
07:16He seemed very agitated
07:17yesterday when I told him
07:18that you hadn't yet
07:19made an arrest.
07:20And this morning
07:21he's failed to appear
07:22for work.
07:23I've been to his room
07:24and it's empty.
07:25He's gone.
07:34One and six,
07:35please, madam.
07:37Thank you, madam.
07:38I'm here to see Carlotta.
07:52I'm here to see Carlotta.
08:07I'm sorry.
08:08Oh, she's expecting me.
08:10I'm Lucy Adams.
08:10I'm her sister.
08:11I'm Lucy Adams.
08:11I'm her sister.
08:11I'm her sister.
08:12Haven't you heard?
08:15What?
08:16Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
08:35Mademoiselle Driver.
08:37I didn't know
08:37if I should call you,
08:38Mr. Poirot.
08:39But Lucy insisted
08:41when she heard
08:41you were on the case.
08:43And where is she now,
08:43mademoiselle?
08:44Upstairs.
08:46She had a terrible shock.
08:48Well, perhaps she came to you
08:49because you were
08:49a friend of her sister?
08:50Yes.
08:52Carlotta was one
08:53of my first customers.
08:54She bought
08:55all her hats here.
08:56I understand
08:57that you sold
08:58to her a hat
08:58with a brim
09:00that is slanting.
09:01Well, similar
09:02to this one.
09:03Yes, she bought
09:04one very like it
09:05last week.
09:06Mademoiselle,
09:07did you ever make
09:08to her a present?
09:11A little box
09:12for the sleeping drug.
09:17I'm sorry.
09:18You will see.
09:19C.A. from P.
09:22Sweet dreams.
09:23November the 10th.
09:24The C.A.
09:25is Carlotta.
09:26We wondered
09:27if the P might be Penny.
09:29Well, it's not.
09:31I've never seen
09:32that before.
09:34Merci.
09:35There is only
09:36one other question
09:38I wish to ask you,
09:38mademoiselle.
09:39How well acquainted
09:40are you with
09:41Jane Wilkinson?
09:43Jane.
09:44Why do you want
09:45to know about her?
09:47Oh.
09:50There was a man
09:50I was very close to
09:51and she took him
09:53away from me.
09:55And when she finished
09:56with him,
09:56she threw him over.
09:58There's nothing good
09:59I can say about
10:00Jane Wilkinson.
10:04But I thought
10:04it was Lucy Adams
10:05you'd come to see.
10:06And if you don't mind,
10:07she's waiting upstairs.
10:13It couldn't have been
10:14an overdose.
10:15Carlotta never took drugs.
10:16She hated them.
10:18It's all right.
10:20Mademoiselle,
10:20can you explain to me
10:22the reason for your
10:22visit to England?
10:24I came to see
10:25Carlotta.
10:27She invited me.
10:29The show was doing well
10:30and she was so full of hope.
10:35I wanted to see a bit
10:36of the country
10:37before I joined her
10:38in London.
10:39Since your arrival
10:40in England,
10:41mademoiselle,
10:42have you received
10:43a letter from your sister?
10:44Yes.
10:47I have it here.
10:49It arrived this morning.
10:50Ah.
10:52You'll permit
10:53that we read
10:53this letter,
10:54mademoiselle?
10:56Yes,
10:57of course.
10:57Dear little sister,
11:10I'm sorry
11:10this is so scrappy,
11:11but things have been
11:12rather busy.
11:13The show is a success,
11:14notice is splendid,
11:15box office school...
11:16The whole of the first page
11:17is about the show.
11:20Oh, yes,
11:21it continues here.
11:22I met Ronald Marsh
11:23the other night.
11:24He's a theatre producer
11:25and he tried to persuade me
11:26to come in on one
11:27of his new shows.
11:29I don't know, though.
11:30He drinks quite heavily
11:31and has no money
11:32of his own,
11:33although it turns out
11:34he's the nephew
11:34of Lord Edgware,
11:36who sounds no beauty,
11:37I can tell you.
11:38Anyway,
11:39Ronald lucked my review
11:40and he asked me
11:41if I'd be interested
11:42in earning some money
11:44for a practical joke
11:45that would prove
11:46just how good I was.
11:48I laughed
11:49and said,
11:49how much?
11:51Lucy, darling,
11:51the answer fairly
11:52took my breath away.
11:53Two thousand dollars.
11:55After that,
11:56we laid our heads together
11:57and got down to details.
11:59I'll tell you
12:00how it went
12:00when you arrive in London.
12:02I can't wait to see you,
12:03little sister,
12:04mine, yours.
12:05Carlotta.
12:07There's there.
12:10I don't understand.
12:13Why would Ronald Marsh
12:15pay Carlotta
12:16that sort of money?
12:18And where would he get it from?
12:20I mean,
12:21everyone knew
12:22he was virtually broke.
12:24That is indeed a question.
12:28Mademoiselle,
12:29you will allow us
12:32to guard this letter
12:33for a little while?
12:35Yes.
12:35if it will help,
12:38Mr. Poirot.
12:40Merci.
12:43Courage, mademoiselle.
12:45I will return this letter
12:46to you
12:46and with it a truth
12:47concerning the death
12:48of your sister.
12:50You have the word of Poirot.
12:58Well,
12:59this is it, Poirot.
13:00The proof of the pudding.
13:01It was Ronald Marsh
13:02all the time.
13:03You no longer suspect
13:05Alton the butler?
13:06No, no.
13:07He's obviously up to no good,
13:08but he's no killer.
13:10No, no.
13:10It's all here.
13:11Ronald Marsh
13:12hired Carlotta Adams
13:13to go to Regent Gate
13:14disguised as Lady Edgeware.
13:16Later on,
13:17he killed Lord Edgeware,
13:18making us think
13:18that she'd done it.
13:20And then, of course,
13:20Carlotta had to die
13:21to stop her talking.
13:23Yeah, but of course,
13:24at the time of the first murder,
13:26Monsieur Ronald Marsh
13:27was at the opera.
13:28According to Gerald E. Marsh,
13:30yes.
13:31Are there something
13:32you don't know, Poirot?
13:33No.
13:37I was thinking
13:38about Ronald Marsh's
13:39so-called alibi,
13:41and then I had an idea.
13:42Oh, I congratulate you,
13:44Chief Israel.
13:46It occurred to me
13:47that Regent Gate
13:47is less than a mile away
13:48from Covent Garden.
13:50Do you get my drift?
13:51You mean he could have
13:51left at an interval?
13:52Yes, and been back in time
13:53for the next act.
13:54Ah, yes.
13:55Now, that I believe
13:56is the same technique
13:57that you used
13:57to demonstrate
13:58the possible guilt
13:59of Jane Wilkinson.
14:00That's right.
14:01I've been talking
14:02to quite a few
14:02of the taxi drivers
14:03in this area,
14:04and this time
14:05I came up trumps.
14:07Ronald Marsh
14:08and a young lady
14:09left Covent Garden
14:09between the second
14:10and the third act.
14:12The driver took them
14:13to Regent Gate
14:13and waited for them outside.
14:15Good Lord.
14:16Where is Monsieur Marsh?
14:19In here.
14:22All right.
14:23Yes.
14:25I did go to the house
14:26during the interval.
14:28Talked to Geraldine.
14:29And she was in the cab
14:30with you?
14:31Yes.
14:32But she had nothing
14:33to do with it either.
14:36Why did you return
14:37to the house?
14:38I needed money.
14:41I met Geraldine
14:42at the opera
14:43and bless her,
14:44she agreed to help.
14:44She offered you
14:46financial assistance?
14:47She had some pearls.
14:49She said I could pull them.
14:51It would keep me afloat
14:52for a few more weeks.
14:53And you went over
14:54to get them
14:54in the middle of the opera?
14:56Needs must,
14:56Chief Inspector.
14:57It was urgent.
14:59She had a key,
15:00let herself in.
15:01I waited outside.
15:03I don't suppose
15:04you saw anything
15:05while you were waiting outside?
15:07No.
15:07Actually,
15:10there was something.
15:13Wait.
15:14Just as we got there,
15:15I thought I saw
15:16Brian come out.
15:17Brian Martin.
15:18It was dark,
15:19but it certainly
15:20looked like him.
15:21You can ask Geraldine.
15:22She saw him too.
15:23That was Brian.
15:26Monsieur Marsh,
15:27when you and I first met,
15:29it was in the presence
15:29of Carlotta Adams,
15:30the performer.
15:31You said you were hoping
15:32to engage her
15:33in the theatre.
15:34Yes.
15:35Subsequently,
15:36you paid her
15:36the sum of $2,000.
15:39What?
15:41What are you talking about?
15:43Are you denying it?
15:44Of course I am.
15:46Where would I
15:46have got money like that?
15:47And why should I
15:48pay her anything?
15:49Mr Marsh,
15:50we have it on record
15:51from Miss Adams herself
15:52that you paid her
15:54that sum.
15:56Well, if that's what
15:56she said,
15:57then she was lying.
15:58I never paid her a bean.
16:01Now, if you don't mind,
16:02I should like to go home.
16:06He's going nowhere.
16:07Chief Inspector?
16:08Not until I spoke
16:09to Geraldine Marsh.
16:10Sir?
16:11Yes?
16:15Ah, it's Alton,
16:16the missing butler.
16:17He's been reported
16:17buying a ticket
16:18for bonus Aries,
16:19would you believe?
16:20Flight leaving today.
16:22That's the flight I took.
16:23The first lady
16:23leaves for Paris
16:24at four o'clock.
16:25We've just got time
16:26to intercept him.
16:27Come on.
16:32He's heading for the terminal.
16:54Get off of him!
16:55Get off of him!
16:57There he is!
17:04Stay where you are,
17:05Alton.
17:05Wait here.
17:13We know you've got
17:14the money, Alton.
17:15You won't get away with it!
17:16Come on!
17:31This way!
17:35Give yourself up, Alton.
17:36You don't stand a chance.
17:38Come on!
17:39Come on!
17:39Come on!
17:40This way!
17:40Give yourself up, Alton.
17:40You don't stand a chance.
17:42You don't stand a chance.
17:43You don't stand a chance.
17:44You don't stand a chance.
17:45You don't stand a chance.
17:46You don't stand a chance.
17:47You don't stand a chance.
17:48You don't stand a chance.
17:49You don't stand a chance.
17:50You don't stand a chance.
17:51You don't stand a chance.
17:52You don't stand a chance.
17:53You don't stand a chance.
17:54You don't stand a chance.
17:55You don't stand a chance.
17:56You don't stand a chance.
17:57You don't stand a chance.
17:58You don't stand a chance.
17:59You don't stand a chance.
18:00You don't stand a chance.
18:01You don't stand a chance.
18:02You don't stand a chance.
18:03You don't stand a chance.
18:04You don't stand a chance.
18:05You don't stand a chance.
18:06Bonjour, Hastings.
18:21Good morning, Poirot.
18:23You had a telephone call earlier from Ronald Marsh, Mr. Poirot.
18:29He rang to invite you today to what he called a celebratory lunch.
18:32The chap must have released him already.
18:34Oui. Mademoiselle Gerardine must have corroborated his story.
18:39Perhaps Alton did kill Lord Edgware after all.
18:42No, no, no, Hastings. I think not.
18:44Well, then who did?
18:48Five questions, Hastings.
18:51That is all.
18:55Five.
18:58The answers to which will reveal to me the truth.
19:02Five questions, Mr. Poirot.
19:04Far away.
19:07We know that Lord Edgware changed his mind on the subject of divorce,
19:10and that he wrote a letter to his wife to acquaint her of that fact.
19:13Well, you sent it to the theatre.
19:15Well, and it was indeed posted by Miss Carroll.
19:19But why was it that this letter was never received by Lady Edgware?
19:22To whose interest was it that this letter should not arrive?
19:31What's the second question?
19:33The telephone call that Lady Edgware received at a dinner at Holborn?
19:38Assurement, it was to make sure she was indeed there, but...
19:44Who has made this telephone call, and why?
19:49I can't help you there.
19:52What's the third question, Mr. Poirot?
19:55The third question, Miss Lemont, concerns the prince's name that were discovered in the handbag of Carlotta Adams.
20:02Now, neither she nor Lady Edgware wore spectacles such as these.
20:08So what is their purpose, and to whom do they belong?
20:12That's a good question.
20:13Next, we come to the letter written by Carlotta Adams to her sister.
20:21In it, she states quite clearly that it was Ronald Marsh who paid her $2,000.
20:25But, Monsieur Marsh, he denies this.
20:28And it is true that he had in his possession not such an amount.
20:33So why are you saying Carlotta was lying?
20:37No, but it is perhaps that she concealed the true identity of her employer.
20:43What's the fifth question, Mr. Poirot?
20:46Who is P?
20:49You remember the box given to Carlotta Adams?
20:53To see A from P?
20:54Oui.
20:57Who was it that gave to her this box?
21:01This I would like to know most dearly.
21:06What was the first question again, Poirot?
21:10Actually, I may be able to help you, Mr. Poirot.
21:14My file on London jewellers.
21:16Oh.
21:17A specialised piece like that should be easy enough to track down.
21:21Then, Miss Lemon, this I entrust to you.
21:23Merci.
21:23So, are you going to this lunch, then, Poirot, Ronald Marsh?
21:31No, no, no, Hastings.
21:33I have work to do here in my apartment.
21:35No, you must be my eyes and my nose.
21:38Ears.
21:39Wait.
21:40To see and observe in my place.
21:42Right.
21:42You can count on me.
22:13Oh, Captain Hastings, do sit down.
22:40Hello. Mr Poirot couldn't make it there.
22:45No, I'm afraid he has to work.
22:47Captain Hastings, is it true about Alton?
22:50Yes, I'm afraid he died trying to make a run for it.
22:53But the police don't think he was responsible for the death of Lord Edgware.
22:56Well, I wish they'd find out whoever did it.
22:59This whole thing is driving us mad. It's suffocating us.
23:02Don't worry. Mr Poirot won't give up. I know he won't.
23:07Well, that's right. You know, he's never failed yet.
23:09I don't suppose you remember me, Captain Hastings. I'm Donald Ross.
23:13We met at Sir Montagu's.
23:14Yes, of course. You're a writer.
23:16A great writer.
23:17I've just finished reading his first play, The Trojan Wars.
23:20It's going to be a smash.
23:22We're all here to celebrate freedom and independence.
23:26I suppose the toast ought to be to whoever did kill him.
23:29He or she did us all a great favour.
23:31No.
23:32Oh, come on, Jane. I can't say you weren't pleased to see him go.
23:35No.
23:36But any one of us sitting at this table could have killed him.
23:40But I won't drink to that.
23:42I simply won't.
23:44He won't.
23:45No.
23:46No.
23:47No.
23:49No.
23:50No.
23:51No.
23:52No.
23:53No.
23:54Alright.
23:56I don't know.
24:26Yes, this is definitely my work.
24:42I recognise the inscription.
24:44It was commissioned only a few weeks ago.
24:46Only a few weeks ago?
24:48But it's meant to be a souvenir of something that happened in November.
24:51That's seven months.
24:53Yes, I wondered about that too.
24:54Can you tell me who ordered it?
24:58Yes, it was a lady.
25:01Give me a moment.
25:04Ah, here.
25:06A Mrs. Van Dusen.
25:08Van Dusen?
25:09Yes, an elderly lady, if I remember rightly.
25:13Dressed in black.
25:15Fur cape.
25:17Grey hair, I think.
25:19Oh yes, and she was wearing pansnay.
25:21Don't get me wrong.
25:24I enjoy private lives as much as anyone.
25:27But no coward is simply a passing fashion.
25:30Light-hearted and instantly forgettable.
25:32So where do your passions lie, Mr Ross?
25:35Well, at the moment I have to say I am fascinated by the judgment of Paris.
25:40But Paris doesn't have any judgment at all when it comes to fashion.
25:44These days one has to look to Milan and New York.
25:47I was referring to the judgment of the shepherd boy, Paris.
25:53He gave the golden apple to Aphrodite so sparked off the war with Troy.
25:58Oh, that Paris.
26:00Why do we have to talk about theatre all of the time?
26:05Percy, you must be bald rigid.
26:07I could never be bald with you.
26:09Paris.
26:13Mrs. Van Dusen.
26:16You are sure of this name, Miss Lim?
26:18Absolutely, Mr Poirot.
26:20Then this is the same lady that Jane Wilkinson met here at this hotel
26:23on the night that her husband was murdered.
26:26Here we are, sir.
26:27Mrs. Van Dusen, room 174.
26:29She booked in for one night.
26:32One night only?
26:34Yes, sir.
26:36Actually, I do remember her now I think about it.
26:39An American lady, elderly.
26:41She wore, um...
26:43Founcene.
26:43Yes.
26:44I wouldn't remember her.
26:46Only the maid said the bed wasn't slept in,
26:48which seemed odd at the time.
26:51Oh, Poirot!
26:52Ah, Hastings.
26:54How went the lunch?
26:55Oh, it went on pretty well.
26:57They were all there.
26:58Brian Martin, Penny Driver, Jane Wilkinson,
27:01and even the Duke of Merton.
27:02Oh, and that writer chap, Donald Ross, was there.
27:05He asked you to telephone him.
27:08Come on.
27:09Yes, he seemed puzzled by something.
27:10Gave me his card.
27:12When was this Hastings?
27:14Half an hour ago.
27:14And he asked me to telephone him in front of all those people.
27:20Yes.
27:22I have a telephone at the desk, Mr. Poirot.
27:25May I use your telephone, please?
27:26Of course, sir.
27:28Merci.
27:28This is Donald Ross.
27:45Ah, Mr. Poirot.
27:47Thank you for calling.
27:48I didn't want to bother you,
27:49but there's something to me that seems a bit odd
27:51in connection with Lord Edgeware's death.
27:53It was Paris that set me off.
27:55It suddenly got me thinking.
27:59Just a moment.
28:10Stabbed in the neck.
28:11Same as Lord Edgeware.
28:13And it actually happened while he was talking to you
28:15on the telephone.
28:16When?
28:17But before he had time to explain to me
28:18what he wished to say.
28:19This is all my fault, Poirot.
28:25If any, I'd stayed with him.
28:27Not at all, Hastings.
28:29The fate of Monsieur Donald Ross,
28:31it was settled at the moment that he spoke my name.
28:33Someone at that lunch must have overheard him.
28:36Follow him back here, and then...
28:37Yes, but which one of them was it?
28:39And why?
28:39I mean, this chap was just a writer.
28:42A nobody.
28:43How would he know anything about anything?
28:45He managed to mention only the name of Paris.
28:50Paris?
28:54I think he must have triggered a memory
28:55which until then had remained hidden.
28:58Wasn't Lord Edgeware going to Paris?
29:00Didn't he say he was going to buy a painting?
29:03Tell me, Hastings, at that luncheon,
29:05who was the first to leave?
29:06Uh, Brian Martin and Penny Driver,
29:11then Jane Wilkinson and the Duke of Merton.
29:13No, wait a minute.
29:15It was actually the other way round.
29:21Sacré.
29:24Ah, Hastings.
29:26I have been so foolish,
29:28and yet it is so simple.
29:31The five questions?
29:33Yes.
29:34The answers, Hastings,
29:36they fall into place at last.
29:45I'm afraid Lady Edward is in, sir.
29:47But it is not Lady Edward I have come to see,
29:50mademoiselle, that is.
29:51It is you.
29:54I have here a letter,
29:56and it would be of great interest to me
29:58to know if you recognise the right thing.
30:01I'll just need to fetch my glasses.
30:02If you would permit me, mademoiselle?
30:04Well, thank you, sir.
30:24No, sir, I don't know this writing.
30:25What made you think I would?
30:27But, mademoiselle,
30:28I knew that with certainty you would not.
30:31And so,
30:40we return to where we began.
30:44It was here during an evening of entertainment
30:46that I first met
30:47many of you who gather here again today.
30:50Little did I know
30:51that that very same night,
30:55a murder most ingenious,
30:57as it was being planned.
30:59Are you saying you know who killed him,
31:01Mr Poirot?
31:03Was it one of us?
31:10Each person here
31:11had the reason
31:12to wish the death
31:13of Lord Edgware.
31:15For Monsieur Ronald Marsh,
31:16it was a question of money.
31:18For mademoiselle Geraldine,
31:20it was a chance to be rid of a father
31:21that she loathed.
31:22The Duke of Merton
31:23also knew
31:23that the death of Lord Edgware
31:25would allow him
31:26to marry the lady
31:26that he loved.
31:28Well, I had no reason
31:28to kill him.
31:29Au contraire, Monsieur Martin.
31:32It is my belief
31:33that you had
31:33the greatest reason of all.
31:35You were in love
31:36with Jane Wilkinson,
31:37were you not?
31:38I don't really see that.
31:38It wasn't love.
31:42It was infatuation.
31:47Brian feels nothing for her now.
31:49And you believe
31:49that his feelings
31:50now are for you alone?
31:52We're in love, yes.
31:55We have been
31:56since the day we met.
31:57And yet Jane Wilkinson
31:58stole him from you.
31:59Ah, yes, mademoiselle.
32:00Even now,
32:01you cannot speak her name
32:02without the anger.
32:03She is a woman
32:04you would be glad
32:05to see hanged.
32:06To murder Lord Edgware
32:07and then to frame
32:08Jane Wilkinson
32:09for his death,
32:10that would be revenge indeed.
32:11No.
32:12I never thought of that.
32:14Yes, you did.
32:15Why else did you come to me
32:16with this cock-and-bull story
32:17about a man
32:18with the gold tooth?
32:19What?
32:19It wasn't true.
32:21Hastings,
32:21it was like something
32:22from the cinema.
32:23I saw that at once.
32:24But the real reason
32:25that you came to me, monsieur,
32:26that followed very soon.
32:29Do you think she had it in her
32:30to commit murder?
32:32I'm sure of it.
32:33I know her, you see.
32:34I mean, she's terribly sweet
32:36on the surface.
32:37But she would kill
32:38as easily
32:39as drink her morning tea.
32:40Believe me.
32:41You came to me
32:43for the poison
32:43my mind
32:44against Jane Wilkinson.
32:46To impress upon me
32:47the fact
32:47that she was a killer.
32:49But you already knew
32:50that Lord Edgware,
32:50he was dead.
32:51And how did you know this, monsieur?
32:53Because you yourself
32:54had killed him
32:55the night before.
32:55No, you've got it wrong.
32:57But why must you lie to me?
32:58You were seen
32:59leaving the house.
33:00Wait.
33:01It was just before
33:02ten o'clock
33:02that you were seen
33:03by Monsieur Ronald Marsh,
33:05who had returned
33:05from the opera
33:06with Mademoiselle Geraldine
33:07to retrieve
33:07a necklace of furs.
33:09That was Pryor.
33:10No, you've got it wrong.
33:11It wasn't me.
33:12Oh, for God's sake!
33:16You deny
33:16that you lied to me?
33:19No.
33:21All right.
33:21All that stuff
33:22about the gold tooth.
33:25You're right about that.
33:26I was trying
33:27to incriminate her.
33:28What?
33:33You're heartless, Jane.
33:35She is as cold as ice.
33:37I loved you.
33:39And you threw me over
33:40without so much
33:41as a second thought.
33:44Yes.
33:45I wanted to see her hang.
33:48And in order
33:49to achieve that end, monsieur,
33:51you attempted to deceive
33:52Hercule Poirot.
33:54But I didn't kill him.
33:56I never went near
33:57the house that night.
33:59I heard the news
34:00the next day.
34:01And that's when
34:02I had the idea.
34:04I must have been mad.
34:06Yes, indeed.
34:07And for the attempt
34:09to deceive Hercule Poirot,
34:10you have now been punished.
34:15What?
34:16You mean,
34:16you know it wasn't me?
34:18The person seen
34:21by monsieur Ronald Marsh
34:22was, I think,
34:22the butler Alton
34:23leaving with
34:24the French francs
34:25and, um...
34:27Well,
34:28there is a resemblance.
34:29What?
34:29He was hooking it
34:30with the money?
34:31Exactly,
34:31mon chief inspector.
34:33And I also believe
34:34that he discovered
34:35the body the night before
34:36and not the following morning
34:37as he told to us.
34:39Well,
34:39he took the opportunity
34:40to steal the money
34:41and was leaving the house
34:42in order to place it
34:43somewhere safe.
34:44He thought
34:45Lady Edgeware
34:46would be arrested
34:46for the murder?
34:48Precisement,
34:48Hastings.
34:49And it was only
34:50when he was discovered
34:51that Lady Edgeware
34:52she had the alibi
34:53parfait
34:54that he panicked.
34:56You mean he realized
34:57we'd be looking
34:57for another motive?
34:59Oui.
35:00The theft of the money.
35:03So you knew
35:04all along
35:04that it wasn't Brian,
35:06then?
35:06Oui,
35:07mademoiselle.
35:09But monsieur Martin
35:10was not alone
35:11in his dislike
35:12for Lady Edgeware.
35:16You,
35:16Miss Carroll,
35:17when I asked you
35:19the identity
35:19of the woman
35:20you saw entering
35:21the hallway
35:21of Regent Gate...
35:23Was her?
35:24I'd know her anywhere.
35:26And I saw her
35:27quite clearly.
35:28But you were standing
35:29high up on the landing,
35:30mademoiselle.
35:31It's all right,
35:31Alton,
35:32I know the way.
35:32The person who entered
35:33the house that night
35:34was wearing a hat
35:35with a brim
35:36that was slanting.
35:37From where you were standing
35:38it would have been
35:39impossible to see the face.
35:42I saw her!
35:44No, mademoiselle,
35:45you saw, I think,
35:46what you wished to see,
35:47huh?
35:48The woman who had
35:49wronged the man
35:49you had well served.
35:52It's true.
35:53She never deserved him.
35:55And it would have
35:56been impossible
35:57for Jane Wilkinson
35:58to have committed
35:58a murder.
35:59Because, as we now know,
36:01Jane Wilkinson
36:02changed her mind
36:02and attended
36:03a dinner at Holborn.
36:06But from the beginning,
36:09I have been perplexed
36:11by five questions.
36:14One.
36:20What happened to the letter
36:21written by Lord Edgway
36:22informing his wife
36:23that he had agreed
36:23to the divorce?
36:26Two.
36:28Who is this letter P
36:29on the little gold
36:30medicine box?
36:33Three.
36:35Who made the telephone call
36:36to Jane Wilkinson
36:37at the dinner at Holborn?
36:38Four.
36:41How did a pair
36:42of pine snake
36:43come to be discovered
36:43in the handbag
36:44of Colotta Adams?
36:46And five.
36:49Why did the letter
36:50of Colotta Adams
36:51state quite clearly
36:52that it was Ronald Marsh
36:54who paid to her
36:55the sum of $2,000
36:55when it was impossible
36:58he could have afforded
36:59that sum?
37:00Do you have the answers?
37:02Yes, Mr. Poirot
37:03has the answers.
37:04That's why you're here.
37:05Thank you very much,
37:07Miss Lemon.
37:09So let us begin
37:11with the little
37:11gold medicine box.
37:13From the start
37:14I've heard that there
37:15was something strange
37:16because the inscription
37:19inside referred to
37:20a date seven months
37:21before.
37:22But the jeweler told me
37:23the box was brand new.
37:25Oui, c'est ça.
37:27You see, I do not believe
37:29that there existed
37:30this P,
37:31that there was no meeting
37:32in November.
37:33We are in the world
37:35of the theatre.
37:37And this little gold box
37:38it was used merely
37:39as a prop.
37:40To make us think
37:41that Colotta
37:41was taking Veranel.
37:43Oui.
37:45But now let us
37:46turn our attention
37:46to the Pince-nez.
37:48They were also found
37:49in the handbag
37:49of Colotta Adams.
37:51But they were left there
37:53I believe
37:53by accident.
37:55But who by?
37:58By the woman
37:59who collected
37:59the little gold medicine box
38:01from the jewellery shop.
38:03This was the same woman
38:05who took a room
38:05for the night
38:06at the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.
38:09It was an American woman
38:11by the name
38:12of Mrs. Van Dusen.
38:14Certainly Mrs. Van Dusen.
38:16I met her.
38:17She was a writer.
38:18She wanted me
38:19to have a look
38:19at her play.
38:20No, no, madame.
38:21That was not
38:22Mrs. Van Dusen
38:23who you met
38:24because Mrs. Van Dusen,
38:25she does not exist.
38:28What?
38:28Then who was she?
38:31Now, well,
38:32that is indeed
38:33the question.
38:35You know,
38:36with the thick lenses
38:37the Pince-nez
38:39are disguised
38:40very simple.
38:43But with the wig
38:44that is grey
38:44and the cape of fur
38:46wrapped high.
38:48Oh, well,
38:49she had me
38:50completely fooled.
38:52Are you saying
38:52she was part of all this?
38:54Oh, yes.
38:55Yes, madame.
38:56Mrs. Van Dusen,
38:56she was very much
38:58a part of this.
38:59She was the creation
39:01of a killer
39:02who was cunning
39:02and cold-blooded.
39:04Also,
39:04the creation
39:05of an actress
39:08formidable.
39:12Yes, madame.
39:14All is known
39:15to Hercule Perrault.
39:17The entire plan
39:19by which you did
39:19indeed murder
39:21your husband.
39:22Wait a minute.
39:23What are you saying?
39:24So I was right.
39:25It was her after all.
39:26But Perrault,
39:27that's impossible.
39:28You said as much yourself.
39:35Not impossible,
39:36one of me.
39:38Let me explain to you
39:40how it occurred.
39:44Thank you, Alice.
39:54At seven o'clock
39:55in the evening,
39:56Jane Wilkinson
39:56leaves her apartment
39:57for the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.
40:01On the way there,
40:02she makes a stop.
40:05For when she arrives,
40:06her appearance,
40:07it has changed.
40:08Now there is
40:09the Grey Wink,
40:10the Pince-nez.
40:11Room 174.
40:13She takes her room
40:15using the identity
40:15of an elderly
40:16American woman.
40:19But the moment
40:20she is inside this room,
40:22she removes
40:22her disguise
40:23and awaits
40:25the arrival
40:26of a person
40:27she has arranged
40:27to meet there
40:28that very same night.
40:29Carlotta, darling.
40:39It's wonderful
40:40to see you.
40:44So,
40:45are you sure
40:45about all this?
40:47Are you really game?
40:48You bet I am.
40:53Tonight,
40:53I'm going to prove to you
40:55just how good
40:56I really am.
40:59And now the moment
41:00for the second disguise.
41:02It has arrived.
41:04As arranged previously,
41:06the two women
41:07exchanged their clothes.
41:08There,
41:08what do you think?
41:10It's amazing.
41:12You're me.
41:13For tonight,
41:14Carlotta Adams
41:15is about to play
41:16the great practical joke.
41:19This evening,
41:21she will become
41:23Lady Edgeware.
41:24Could I have a taxi, please?
41:26Lady Edgeware.
41:28You know,
41:28all the time
41:29it'd be so simple,
41:30huh?
41:32And yet still,
41:33I did not see.
41:36Until a chance remark
41:37was made
41:38by my good friend
41:39and colleague,
41:39Captain Hastings.
41:40It was actually
41:42the other way around.
41:44Those were your very words,
41:46Nespair Monnemi.
41:47Yes, but...
41:48And suddenly,
41:49all became clear.
41:51Always I had assumed
41:54that Carlotta Adams
41:55had been paid
41:56to act the role
41:56of Jane Wilkinson,
41:58while the real
41:59Jane Wilkinson
42:00attended a dinner
42:00at Holborn.
42:02But actually,
42:04it was the other way around.
42:07It was Carlotta
42:08who went to the dinner
42:09in Holborn.
42:11That's impossible.
42:12Someone would have
42:12recognized her.
42:14No,
42:14I do not think so,
42:15Mademoiselle.
42:16There was the wig,
42:17the clothes,
42:18and Carlotta Adams
42:19was the performer
42:20most accomplished.
42:23The dining room
42:24was lit only
42:25by candlelight.
42:27And you must also
42:28remember
42:28that no one
42:28at the table
42:29had met
42:29the real Lady Edgeware
42:31on more than
42:32one or two occasions.
42:34But it was still
42:35a risk most grave.
42:37It was essential
42:39that Lady Edgeware
42:41should ascertain
42:42whether this deception
42:43had been a success.
42:45And it was for this reason
42:47that she
42:48made the telephone call
42:50to the dinner
42:50at Holborn.
42:52It's gone like a dream.
42:54Nobody suspects a thing.
42:57That's wonderful, darling.
42:58I knew you could do it.
43:01Bye.
43:11You're Alton, aren't you?
43:19Is my husband dead?
43:21Yes, ma'am.
43:22The butler, Alton,
43:23had only been employed
43:24there for one month
43:24so he hardly knew her.
43:26And if he did express
43:27his doubts
43:28it would only be
43:28his word against hers.
43:30And so,
43:43having prepared her way,
43:47she strikes.
43:48But Carlotta Adams
44:10must not be allowed
44:11to relate her tale.
44:13So Lady Edgeware
44:14arranged to meet her again
44:15in the room of the hotel.
44:18Perhaps they will have
44:19some wine
44:19to celebrate the success
44:20of this great practical joke.
44:25And the little gold medicine box
44:27which was placed
44:28into her handbag
44:28and later found by us
44:30will make us believe
44:31that Carlotta Adams
44:32was a woman
44:33always in the habit
44:34of using this drug.
44:40Lady Edgeware
44:41learns all the details
44:42she must know
44:43if she is to pretend
44:44that she didn't need
44:45a tender dinner
44:46at Holborn.
44:48I was sitting opposite
44:49this young playwright.
44:52Scottish.
44:53His name was Donald Ross.
44:56Carlotta Adams
44:56seeps her wine.
44:58On about this play of hers.
44:59One hour later
45:00when she has returned home
45:02the Varanelle
45:04will have taken its effect.
45:05It was all about
45:06the war at Troy.
45:07you made two mistakes
45:12madame.
45:13The pince-nez
45:14that you used
45:15for the disguise
45:16of Mrs. Van Dusen
45:17you took from
45:17your maids
45:18of Vendellis.
45:19In all of the exchanges
45:20of costume madame
45:21you left the pince-nez
45:23in the handbag
45:24of Carlotta Adams
45:25instead of your own.
45:27Did I?
45:28Yes you did.
45:31But more serious
45:32was your encounter
45:33with the young writer
45:34Monsieur Donald Ross.
45:36I'm fascinated
45:37by the judgment
45:37of Paris.
45:39But Paris doesn't
45:39have any judgment
45:40at all
45:41when it comes to fashion.
45:42It was indeed
45:43a social gaffe
45:44to show such ignorance
45:45on the judgment
45:46of Paris.
45:47But only a few days
45:48earlier
45:49he had explained
45:50to you his play
45:50The War of Troy.
45:51It was inconceivable
45:54that a woman
45:55who had known
45:56then of which he spoke
45:56could be so ignorant now.
45:59So he saw through her.
46:00Oui.
46:02Malheureusement
46:03Monsieur Donald Ross
46:04expressed his suspicions
46:05in the presence
46:06of Lady Edgeworth
46:07and it was at once
46:09that she knew
46:09that he also
46:10had to be silenced.
46:11So
46:21it was her
46:23all along.
46:25But wait a minute
46:25Poirot
46:26in that letter
46:26that Carlotta Adams
46:27wrote
46:28she definitely said
46:29she'd been hired
46:30by a man.
46:31Ah
46:31yes.
46:34Oh yes
46:35that was most cunning
46:36that.
46:38Carlotta Adams
46:38did indeed
46:39leave the house
46:40with a letter
46:41but she had neglected
46:42to post it
46:43and in the exchange
46:45of handbags
46:46it was discovered
46:47by Lady Edgeworth
46:48who decided
46:49to use it
46:49for her own ends.
46:53Carlotta Adams
46:54wrote first
46:55of her meeting
46:55with Monsieur
46:56Ronald Marsh
46:57and then of the person
46:58who gave to her
46:59the money.
47:01But what
47:02if there was
47:03between
47:03these two descriptions
47:05an entire page
47:07that was missing
47:08a page removed
47:11by Lady Edgeworth
47:12A page missing?
47:15How do you know that?
47:16Because as she was
47:17writing one of me
47:17there was left
47:18an indentation
47:19on the third page.
47:21Here are some words
47:21you can see
47:22from the page before
47:23but these
47:24very same words
47:25they do not appear
47:27on these pages
47:28that remain.
47:30But the third page
47:31begins with
47:31he asked
47:32she was writing
47:33about a man.
47:34Oui
47:35but you will notice
47:36Hastings
47:36that on the top
47:37of this third page
47:38there is a little tear.
47:40Now always
47:40I had assumed
47:41that this was
47:41made by accident
47:42but in fact
47:43it was done on purpose.
47:45To change she
47:46into he.
47:47Oui
47:48it was of
47:50Lady Edgeworth
47:50that Carlotta Adams
47:51was writing
47:52and from Lady Edgeworth
47:54did she receive
47:55the money.
47:59Ah madame
48:00you are a woman
48:02most remarkable.
48:05Ah pas bleu
48:06to pull over my eyes
48:07the cotton wool
48:08the letter
48:09the disguise
48:10et surtout
48:12to send me
48:13to your husband
48:13to turn me
48:14into a witness
48:15that you had
48:15no motive
48:16for murder
48:17ma foi
48:18you made of me
48:20Hercule Poirot
48:20your cat's paw
48:22But it's true
48:23Mr Poirot
48:23there was no motive
48:25if she was going
48:25to get a divorce.
48:26A divorce would have
48:27been of no use
48:28to her Miss Lemon
48:28which is why
48:30she pretended
48:30never to have
48:31received a letter
48:31from her husband.
48:33Monsieur le Duke
48:34you are of the religion
48:36catholique n'est-ce pas?
48:38Yes I am.
48:39How did you know?
48:40Jane Wilkinson
48:41told me that you
48:42intended to get
48:42married at Westminster
48:43and naturalement
48:45I assumed that
48:45she meant the Abbey
48:46but later
48:47you invited me
48:48to the cathedral
48:49Westminster Cathedral
48:52et voilà
48:53it was then
48:54that I knew
48:55that you must
48:55be catholique
48:56and he couldn't
48:56marry a divorced
48:57woman
48:58so that's why
48:59Lord Edgeware
49:00had to die
49:01My God Jane
49:03tell me it isn't true
49:04I'm sorry Percy
49:07I really thought
49:15I'd get away
49:16with it
49:16you know
49:16I thought I had
49:20you
49:20the great
49:22detective
49:23round my
49:24little finger
49:25I've always
49:28had that
49:29you know
49:29a power
49:31over men
49:32I wished only
49:36to protect
49:36you
49:36mother
49:37but I
49:40could not
49:40protect you
49:41from yourself
49:41Jane
49:44No I'm not
49:46going to deny it
49:47Percy
49:47why should I
49:48after all
49:52I've actually
49:55enjoyed it
49:56all of it
50:00even being
50:03caught
50:04I mean
50:06does put
50:09me center
50:10stage
50:11and who
50:14knows
50:14maybe
50:17they'll put
50:17me in
50:18Madame
50:18Tussauds
50:19Walter
50:28I came as
50:29soon as I
50:29got your
50:30message
50:30what is it
50:31it is this
50:32mon ami
50:33it arrived for
50:33you today
50:34oh
50:34oh it's a
50:40cheque
50:40made out to
50:41me for
50:42good lord
50:43from the Duke
50:44of Merton
50:44I understand
50:45well yes
50:46but
50:46after the
50:47arrest of
50:47Lady Edgeware
50:48Hastings
50:48the Duke
50:49he made
50:50contact
50:50with me
50:51for him
50:52it was
50:52the lucky
50:52escape
50:53he felt
50:54he deserved
50:55as he said
50:55a reward
50:56most substantial
50:57but shouldn't
50:58this be made
50:59out to you
50:59no no no
51:00pardon
51:01to mon ami
51:01it was you
51:02who provided
51:02the clue
51:03that was vital
51:03the other way
51:04round
51:05precisely
51:06chief inspector
51:07and therefore
51:08it is to you
51:09Hastings
51:09that the reward
51:10rightfully belongs
51:11I thought
51:13we ought to
51:13celebrate
51:14it should be
51:15sufficient
51:16mon ami
51:16for you
51:16to purchase
51:17an apartment
51:17in London
51:18oh I don't
51:19know Mr. Poirot
51:20I saw an
51:20interesting investment
51:22opportunity in the
51:23financial pages
51:23this morning
51:24oh yes
51:25the Northern
51:25England Railway
51:26Corporation
51:27they're building
51:28a new line
51:28from Liverpool
51:29to Carlisle
51:30oh yes
51:30I read about that
51:31they say you could
51:32double that check
51:33in a couple of weeks
51:34do you really think so
51:35absolutely
51:36absolutely
51:36of course
51:37they will have to
51:38construct a bridge
51:39over six miles
51:40of water
51:40yes
51:41and then they've
51:41got to get across
51:42the Cumbrian mountains
51:43oh the scoreful
51:44pike's only
51:45three thousand feet
51:46high
51:46you know
51:51I think I'll put
51:52this in the bag
51:53Sunday
51:54Sunday
51:54Sunday
51:55Sunday
51:55and then there's
51:57like he's
51:58manipulating it
52:02ising
52:02where
52:03if
52:03he's
52:03there
52:04had real
52:17you know
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